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Hmcs Ottawa Ncsm Ottawa A-AD-267-000/AF-002 HMCS OTTAWA NCSM OTTAWA BADGE INSIGNE Description Description Gules a bend wavy Argent charged with two cotises De gueules, une bande ondée d'argent barrée de deux wavy Azure over all a beaver Or the sinister forepaw cotices ondées d'azur, brochant le tout un castor d'or, resting on a log of silver birch proper. la patte en senestre reposant sur une bûche de bouleau argenté au naturel. Significance Signification The design is derived from the unofficial pre-war and Ces armoiries sont dérivées de l'insigne non officielles war-time badge of Ottawa, a beaver on a log of wood. portées par le Ottawa avant et pendant la guerre : un The white and blue wavy bend represents the Ottawa castor sur une bûche. La bande ondée blanche et bleue River after which the ship is named. The red field is représente la rivière des Outaouais d'ou origine le nom intended to refer to those Outaouais or Ottawans who du navire. Le champ rouge se rapporte aux travelled this river and from whom the name was Amérindiens (Peaux-rouges), les Outaouais ou Ottawas derived. qui, empruntant le cours d'eau pour la navigation, ont baptisé la rivière. MOTTO DEVISE EGOR BEOFOR (Ocean beaver) EGOR BEOFOR (Castor de l'océan) 2-73 A-AD-267-000/AF-002 COLOURS COULEURS Red and White Rouge et blanc Note Nota Normal heraldic colours, the principal colours in the badge, would be Les couleurs héraldiques normales, les principales couleurs de gold and red, but the official Colours of Canada, white and red, are l'insigne, devraient être l'or et le rouge; mais les couleurs officielles used instead because the capital of Canada lies on the Ottawa River. du Canada, le blanc et le rouge, sont utilisées ici parce que la capitale du pays se situe au bord de la rivière des Outaouais. BATTLE HONOURS HONNEURS DE BATAILLE The Second World War Seconde Guerre mondiale ATLANTIC, 1939-45; NORMANDY, 1944; ENGLISH CHANNEL, ATLANTIQUE, 1939-45; NORMANDIE, 1944; MANCHE, 1944; 1944; BISCAY, 1944. GOLFE DE GASCOGNE, 1944. LINEAGE LIGNÉE FirstofName Premier du nom Destroyer, River Class. Destroyer de classe River. Ex - HMS Crusader. Ex - HMS Crusader. Commissioned 15 June 1938.1 Mis en service le 15 juin 1938.1 Sunk 14 September 1942.2 Coulé le 14 septembre 1942.2 Second of Name Deuxième du nom Destroyer, River Class. Destroyer de classe River. Ex - HMS Griffin; ex - HMCS Griffin Ex - HMS Griffin; ex - NCSM Griffin. Commissioned 7 April 1943.3 Mis en service le 7 avril 1943.3 Paid off 12 October 1945.4 Désarmé le 12 octobre 1945.4 Third of Name Troisième du nom Destroyer, St. Laurent Class. Destroyer de classe Saint-Laurent. Commissioned 10 November 1956.5 Mis en service le 10 novembre 1956.5 Paid off 24 May 1963.6 Désarmé le 24 mai 1963.6 Recommissioned 28 October 1964.7 Remis en service le 28 octobre 1964.7 Paid off 31 July 1992.8 Désarmé le 31 juillet 1992.8 Fourth of Name Quatrième du nom Frigate, Halifax Class. Frégate de classe Halifax. Commissioned 28 September 1996.9 Mis en service le 28 septembre 1996.9 OPERATIONAL HISTORY HISTORIQUE OPÉRATIONNEL The Second World War Seconde Guerre mondiale Ottawa (1st) served on escort duties off the eastern L'Ottawa (1er) a été en service comme navire d'escorte Canadian coast, in the North Atlantic and in the au large de la côte Est canadienne, dans le Nord de Caribbean Sea under the orders of the 'Commander-in- l'Atlantique et dans les Caraïbes sous les ordres du Chief Atlantic and West Indies'. She was sunk by the « Commander-in-Chief Atlantic and West Indies ». Il a German submarine U91 while on convoy duty.10 été coulé par le sous-marin allemand U91 alors qu'il Ottawa (2nd) served on escort and anti-submarine escortait un convoi.10 L'Ottawa (2e) a également servi duties in the North Atlantic and off the coast of comme escorteur et patrouilleur anti-sous marin dans 2-74 A-AD-267-000/AF-002 Normandy with the 'Mid-Ocean Escort Force'. She le Nord de l'Atlantique et au large de la côte du participated in the destruction of the German Normandie avec la « Mid-Ocean Escort Force ». Il a submarines U621, U678 and U987, and the Italian pris part à la destruction des sous-marins allemands submarine Faa di Bruno.11 U621, U678 et U987, et du sous-marin italien Faa di Bruno.11 1. Telegrams and cables, Militia and Defence, Naval Service Headquarters to Commanding Officers, HMC Ships and Establishments, 15 July 1938, NAC/AN, RG/GE 24, vol.5685, file/dossier NSS 144-1-1 2. Letter, W.R. to Minister, 17 September 1942, Document Collection/collection de documents 81/520/1000-5-7(2) 3. Naval Secretary Report, January 1943,file/dossier NS 8000-353/28/18 (NHS), para 9, "Information Concerning HMC Ships Skeena and Griffon, Document Collection/collection de documents 81/520, 8000 HMCS Ottawa II, vol. 1 4. RCN Daily States (Monthly States), January 1946, Document Collection/collection de documents 81/520/1650 DS vol.44 5. Booklet, "The Commissioning of HMCS Ottawa at Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, P.Q., November 10, 1956", Document Collection/collection de documents 81/520, 8000 HMCS Ottawa 6. Report of Proceedings, May 1963,Document Collection/collection de documents 81/520, 8000 HMCS Ottawa 7. Report of Proceedings, October 1964, Document Collection/collection de documents 81/520, 8000 HMCS Ottawa 8. Annual Historical Report/Rapport historique annuel 1992 - HMCS Ottawa - UIC 1295 - CFOO/OOFC 9.10.5, 4 August/août 1992, file/dossier 1325-1, AHR/RHA 1326-1295 9. Annual Historical Report/Rapport historique annuel 1996 - HMCS Ottawa, 27 March/mars 1997, file/dossier 3095-1 (NAVO), AHR/RHA 1326- 1682 10. Naval Message, 7 October 1939, Admiralty to C-in-C Plymouth, Document Collection/collection de documents 81/520, 8000 HMCS Ottawa;Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte Weltkriegsbücherei (Library of Contemporary History World War Library) to DND Office of the Naval Historian, 8 May 1964, Document Collection/collection de documents 81/520, 8000 HMCS Ottawa 11. Signal, 250011B April 1944, C-in-C WA to Cmdre (D) WA, Document Collection/collection de documents 81/520/8440 EG 11; RCN Weekly States, 28 June 1943, Document Collection/collection de documents 81/520/1650 DS vol.35; German, Italian and Japanese U-Boat Casualties, Particulars of Destruction Presented by the First Lord of Admiralty to Parliament, June 1946, Document Collection/collection de documents 82/1036 2-75/2-76.
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